Crawl into My Head
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Quotes to keep in mind...
I know things have slacked lately. I tried to post my movie updates last Friday and kept having issues, so I said screw it. Hopefully someone saw a good movie and can tell me about it....
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Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.
Mary Tyler Moore (1937-) American Actress
Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles.
Helen Keller (1880-1968) American Writer
Not a day passes over this earth but men and women of note do great deeds, speak great words and suffer noble sorrows.
Charles Reed
Failure is only postponed success as long as courage "coaches"
ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.
Herbert Kaufman
There are many ways to measure success; not the least of which is the way your child describes you when talking to a friend.
Unknown
You see things; and you say, "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say "Why not?"
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish Playwright
Courage to start and willingness to keep everlasting at it are the requisites for success.
Alonzo Newton Benn
The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible -- and achieve it, generation after generation.
Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973) American Writer
The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.
Chinese proverb
Man has never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.
Bernard Williams (1929-) English Philosopher
Pain is temporary, pride is forever.
Anonymous
I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.
Thomas Paine (1737-1809) British-American Writer
The self is not something that one finds. It is something that one creates.
Thomas Szasz (1920-) American Psychiatrist
Rely on the ordinary virtues that intelligent, balanced human beings have relied on for centuries: common sense, thrift, realistic expectations, patience, and perseverance.
John C. Bogle (1929-) American Investor
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
~Buddha
Don't worry about what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and do that. Because what the world needs are people who have come alive. ~Howard Thurman
Profound truth, so difficult to perceive, difficult to understand, tranquilizing and sublime, is not to be gained by mere reasoning and is perceived only by the wise.
~Buddha
Lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.
~Buddha ¶ 10/26/2006 09:41:00 AM 0 comments
______________________
Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.
Mary Tyler Moore (1937-) American Actress
Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles.
Helen Keller (1880-1968) American Writer
Not a day passes over this earth but men and women of note do great deeds, speak great words and suffer noble sorrows.
Charles Reed
Failure is only postponed success as long as courage "coaches"
ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.
Herbert Kaufman
There are many ways to measure success; not the least of which is the way your child describes you when talking to a friend.
Unknown
You see things; and you say, "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say "Why not?"
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish Playwright
Courage to start and willingness to keep everlasting at it are the requisites for success.
Alonzo Newton Benn
The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible -- and achieve it, generation after generation.
Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973) American Writer
The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.
Chinese proverb
Man has never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.
Bernard Williams (1929-) English Philosopher
Pain is temporary, pride is forever.
Anonymous
I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.
Thomas Paine (1737-1809) British-American Writer
The self is not something that one finds. It is something that one creates.
Thomas Szasz (1920-) American Psychiatrist
Rely on the ordinary virtues that intelligent, balanced human beings have relied on for centuries: common sense, thrift, realistic expectations, patience, and perseverance.
John C. Bogle (1929-) American Investor
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
~Buddha
Don't worry about what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and do that. Because what the world needs are people who have come alive. ~Howard Thurman
Profound truth, so difficult to perceive, difficult to understand, tranquilizing and sublime, is not to be gained by mere reasoning and is perceived only by the wise.
~Buddha
Lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.
~Buddha ¶ 10/26/2006 09:41:00 AM 0 comments
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Some random stuff
A few quotes to ponder.....
“If homosexuality is a disease, let’s all call in sick to work: ‘Hello. Can’t work today. Still queer.’”
~ Robin Tyler
“I’d rather be black than gay because when you’re black you don’t have to tell your mother.”~ Charles Pierce
“Dear Abby, In response to a reader who complained that a gay couple was moving in across the street and wanted to know what he could do to improve the quality of the neighborhood. ‘You could move.’”
~ Abigail Van Buren
“The one bonus of not lifting the ban on gays in the military is that the next time the government mandates a draft we can all declare we are homosexual instead of running off to Canada.”
~ Lorne Bloch
“Why can’t they have gay people in the army? Personally, I think they are just afraid of a thousand guys with M16s going, ‘Who’d you call a faggot?’”
~ Jon Stewart
“My lesbianism is an act of Christian charity. All those women out there praying for a man, and I’m giving them my share.”
~ Rita Mae Brown
“Soldiers who are not afraid of guns, bombs, capture, torture or death say they are afraid of homosexuals. Clearly we should not be used as soldiers; we should be used as weapons.”
~ Letter to the Editor, ‘The Advocate’
“You don’t have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight.”
~ Barry Goldwater
“Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guys than holding hands?”
~ Ernest Gaines
“My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.”
~ W. Somerset Maugham
“Drag is where a man wears everything a lesbian won’t.”
~ Author Unknown
“If male homosexuals are called ‘gay’ then female homosexuals should be called ‘ecstatic’.”
~ Shelly Roberts
“My mother took me to a psychiatrist when I was fifteen because she thought I was a latent homosexual. There was nothing latent about it.”
~ Amanda Bearse
“It always seems to me a bit pointless to disapprove of homosexuality. It’s like disapproving of rain…”
~ Francis Maude
“The only queer people are those who don’t love anybody…”
~ Rita Mae Brown
“The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals and 362 admonishments to heterosexuals. That doesn’t mean that God doesn’t love heterosexuals. It’s just that they need more supervision.”
~ Lynn Lavner
“If Michelangelo had been straight, the Sistine Chapel would have been wallpapered.”
~ Robin Tyler
“Pronouns make it hard to keep our sexual orientation a secret when our co-workers ask us about our weekend. ‘I had a great time with…them.’ Great! Now they don’t think you’re queer-just a big slut!”
~ Judy Carter
_____________________________
When Insults had class....
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."
-- Winston Churchill
"A modest little person, with much to be modest about."
-- Winston Churchill
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."
-- Clarence Darrow
"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary."
-- William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)
"Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?"
-- Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner)
"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it."
-- Moses Hadas
"He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know."
-- Abraham Lincoln
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it."
-- Groucho Marx
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."
-- Mark Twain
"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends."
-- Oscar Wilde
"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play, bring a friend... if you have one."
-- George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill
"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... if there is one."
-- Winston Churchill, in response
I feel so miserable without you, it's almost like having you here."
-- Stephen Bishop
"He is a self-made man and worships his creator."
-- John Bright
I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial."
-- Irvin S. Cobb
"He is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness in others."
-- Samuel Johnson
"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up."
-- Paul Keating
"He had delusions of adequacy."
-- Walter Kerr
"There's nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won't cure."
-- Jack E. Leonard
"He has the attention span of a lightning bolt."
-- Robert Redford
"They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge."
-- Thomas Brackett Reed
"He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebears, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them."
-- James Reston (about Richard Nixon)
"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him."
-- Forrest Tucker
"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?"
-- Mark Twain
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork."
-- Mae West
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go."
-- Oscar Wilde
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination."
-- Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
"He has Van Gogh's ear for music."
-- Billy Wilder ¶ 10/17/2006 12:49:00 PM 0 comments
“If homosexuality is a disease, let’s all call in sick to work: ‘Hello. Can’t work today. Still queer.’”
~ Robin Tyler
“I’d rather be black than gay because when you’re black you don’t have to tell your mother.”~ Charles Pierce
“Dear Abby, In response to a reader who complained that a gay couple was moving in across the street and wanted to know what he could do to improve the quality of the neighborhood. ‘You could move.’”
~ Abigail Van Buren
“The one bonus of not lifting the ban on gays in the military is that the next time the government mandates a draft we can all declare we are homosexual instead of running off to Canada.”
~ Lorne Bloch
“Why can’t they have gay people in the army? Personally, I think they are just afraid of a thousand guys with M16s going, ‘Who’d you call a faggot?’”
~ Jon Stewart
“My lesbianism is an act of Christian charity. All those women out there praying for a man, and I’m giving them my share.”
~ Rita Mae Brown
“Soldiers who are not afraid of guns, bombs, capture, torture or death say they are afraid of homosexuals. Clearly we should not be used as soldiers; we should be used as weapons.”
~ Letter to the Editor, ‘The Advocate’
“You don’t have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight.”
~ Barry Goldwater
“Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guys than holding hands?”
~ Ernest Gaines
“My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.”
~ W. Somerset Maugham
“Drag is where a man wears everything a lesbian won’t.”
~ Author Unknown
“If male homosexuals are called ‘gay’ then female homosexuals should be called ‘ecstatic’.”
~ Shelly Roberts
“My mother took me to a psychiatrist when I was fifteen because she thought I was a latent homosexual. There was nothing latent about it.”
~ Amanda Bearse
“It always seems to me a bit pointless to disapprove of homosexuality. It’s like disapproving of rain…”
~ Francis Maude
“The only queer people are those who don’t love anybody…”
~ Rita Mae Brown
“The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals and 362 admonishments to heterosexuals. That doesn’t mean that God doesn’t love heterosexuals. It’s just that they need more supervision.”
~ Lynn Lavner
“If Michelangelo had been straight, the Sistine Chapel would have been wallpapered.”
~ Robin Tyler
“Pronouns make it hard to keep our sexual orientation a secret when our co-workers ask us about our weekend. ‘I had a great time with…them.’ Great! Now they don’t think you’re queer-just a big slut!”
~ Judy Carter
_____________________________
When Insults had class....
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."
-- Winston Churchill
"A modest little person, with much to be modest about."
-- Winston Churchill
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."
-- Clarence Darrow
"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary."
-- William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)
"Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?"
-- Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner)
"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it."
-- Moses Hadas
"He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know."
-- Abraham Lincoln
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it."
-- Groucho Marx
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."
-- Mark Twain
"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends."
-- Oscar Wilde
"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play, bring a friend... if you have one."
-- George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill
"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... if there is one."
-- Winston Churchill, in response
I feel so miserable without you, it's almost like having you here."
-- Stephen Bishop
"He is a self-made man and worships his creator."
-- John Bright
I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial."
-- Irvin S. Cobb
"He is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness in others."
-- Samuel Johnson
"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up."
-- Paul Keating
"He had delusions of adequacy."
-- Walter Kerr
"There's nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won't cure."
-- Jack E. Leonard
"He has the attention span of a lightning bolt."
-- Robert Redford
"They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge."
-- Thomas Brackett Reed
"He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebears, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them."
-- James Reston (about Richard Nixon)
"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him."
-- Forrest Tucker
"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?"
-- Mark Twain
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork."
-- Mae West
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go."
-- Oscar Wilde
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination."
-- Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
"He has Van Gogh's ear for music."
-- Billy Wilder ¶ 10/17/2006 12:49:00 PM 0 comments
Friday, October 13, 2006
Friday, Oct 13th
Ya know, with this being the month of Halloween, and today being the 13th, I would have thought that a lot more horror movies of great caliber would be released...guess I was proved wrong....
But here is today's releases:
The Grudge 2, PG-13, Wide Release
Synopsis: Aubrey Davis discovers from her bedridden mother, Mrs. Davis, that her sister Karen is in a hospital in Japan. She also finds out that Karen is under investigation for the death of her boyfriend in a fire she started in a house located in Tokyo. Since Mrs. Davis is too ill to make the trip, she asks Aubrey to go to Tokyo and bring her sister home. Shortly after she arrives in Tokyo, reporter and photographed Eason, seeks out Aubrey to warn her that her sister, Karen, is in the thrall of something unseen and dangerous. Allison attends an international school in Tokyo. Desperately trying to fit in with the school's in crowd, Vanessa and Miyuki, she is willing to do anything they ask to get in good with them--even if it means going into a mysterious burned-down house, which was the site of several unexplained murders and strange disappearances. The young introverted Jake isn't happy that his widowed father Bill is engaged to Trish. Still mourning the death of his mother, he cannot understand why his older sister Lacey gets on so well with their soon-to-be stepmother. He also doesn't understand why one of his next-door neighbors is being so elusive. It seems that everyone in his apartment building is acting stranger and stranger. One by one, they are infected by the malevolent curse known as The Grudge, which is quickly moving out of the burned-down house in Tokyo and spreading to everyone who crosses its path.
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Amber Tamblyn, Arielle Kebbel, Teresa Palmer, Matthew Knight
Man of the Year, PG-13, Wide Release
Synopsis: To make waves on the campaign trail, a late-night political talkshow host runs for president--only to have his prank backfire when he actually wins the election.
Cast: Robin Williams, Christopher Walken, Laura Linney, Lewis Black, Jeff Goldblum
The Marine, PG-13, Wide Release
Synopsis: John Titan is a heroic Marine who returns home after being discharged--against his will--from the Iraq War. Stateside, he finds himself back in action, when his wife is kidnapped by a murderous gang led by the merciless Rome. With everything on the line, the Marine will stop at nothing to carry out his toughest and most important mission.
Cast: John Cena, Kelly Carlson, Drew Powell, Robert Patrick, Jon Bennett
One Night with the King, PG, Wide Release
Synopsis: Based on the Old Testament story of Esther, "One Night With the King" is an epic motion picture set in an ancient and exotic world of adventure, intrigue and romance, that follows a young Jewish orphan who rises from peasant to Queen of Persia, only to face the annihilation of her people.
Cast: Tiffany Dupont, Luke Goss, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, Steven Bernstein, Neal Bhattacharya
I guess this October is going to see me pulling out the old horror movies I haven't watched yet and cuddle down on the couch with a pillow to hold onto while I watch. Anyone want to keep me company??
I will update this a little more later on with the rest of the stuff going on...I know that I have been slackin on it...sorry! ¶ 10/13/2006 10:22:00 AM 0 comments
But here is today's releases:
The Grudge 2, PG-13, Wide Release
Synopsis: Aubrey Davis discovers from her bedridden mother, Mrs. Davis, that her sister Karen is in a hospital in Japan. She also finds out that Karen is under investigation for the death of her boyfriend in a fire she started in a house located in Tokyo. Since Mrs. Davis is too ill to make the trip, she asks Aubrey to go to Tokyo and bring her sister home. Shortly after she arrives in Tokyo, reporter and photographed Eason, seeks out Aubrey to warn her that her sister, Karen, is in the thrall of something unseen and dangerous. Allison attends an international school in Tokyo. Desperately trying to fit in with the school's in crowd, Vanessa and Miyuki, she is willing to do anything they ask to get in good with them--even if it means going into a mysterious burned-down house, which was the site of several unexplained murders and strange disappearances. The young introverted Jake isn't happy that his widowed father Bill is engaged to Trish. Still mourning the death of his mother, he cannot understand why his older sister Lacey gets on so well with their soon-to-be stepmother. He also doesn't understand why one of his next-door neighbors is being so elusive. It seems that everyone in his apartment building is acting stranger and stranger. One by one, they are infected by the malevolent curse known as The Grudge, which is quickly moving out of the burned-down house in Tokyo and spreading to everyone who crosses its path.
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Amber Tamblyn, Arielle Kebbel, Teresa Palmer, Matthew Knight
Man of the Year, PG-13, Wide Release
Synopsis: To make waves on the campaign trail, a late-night political talkshow host runs for president--only to have his prank backfire when he actually wins the election.
Cast: Robin Williams, Christopher Walken, Laura Linney, Lewis Black, Jeff Goldblum
The Marine, PG-13, Wide Release
Synopsis: John Titan is a heroic Marine who returns home after being discharged--against his will--from the Iraq War. Stateside, he finds himself back in action, when his wife is kidnapped by a murderous gang led by the merciless Rome. With everything on the line, the Marine will stop at nothing to carry out his toughest and most important mission.
Cast: John Cena, Kelly Carlson, Drew Powell, Robert Patrick, Jon Bennett
One Night with the King, PG, Wide Release
Synopsis: Based on the Old Testament story of Esther, "One Night With the King" is an epic motion picture set in an ancient and exotic world of adventure, intrigue and romance, that follows a young Jewish orphan who rises from peasant to Queen of Persia, only to face the annihilation of her people.
Cast: Tiffany Dupont, Luke Goss, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, Steven Bernstein, Neal Bhattacharya
I guess this October is going to see me pulling out the old horror movies I haven't watched yet and cuddle down on the couch with a pillow to hold onto while I watch. Anyone want to keep me company??
I will update this a little more later on with the rest of the stuff going on...I know that I have been slackin on it...sorry! ¶ 10/13/2006 10:22:00 AM 0 comments
Friday, October 06, 2006
Please help find a cure for Type I Diabetes!!
Hey family and friends,
Just thought I'd send a friendly reminder that I'm still accepting donations for the October 28th walk for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. If you want to sponsor me in my Walk, you may send a check, and make it out to JDRF. Any amount would be welcome. You can also visit my personal Walk Web page if you would like to donate online or see how close I am to reaching my personal goal: JDRF.org Particularly interesting is the research that is currently being done on the artificial pancreas and islet cell transplantation.
As some of you may know, Type 1 diabetes is an auto-immune disease, which for the most part has many theories but not a single defined cause. Auto-immune basically means that there is abnormal response in the body causing certain unfavorable reactions to take place against itself. In the case of Type 1 diabetes, the body destroys the cells in the pancreas which produce insulin, a hormone that regulates blood sugar levels. This ultimately renders the pancreas useless in helping to regulate a person's blood sugar, and the short- and long-term effects of Type 1 diabetes (as a result of poor blood sugar control) are devastating. They include kidney failure resulting in the need for dialysis, nerve damange leading to amputations, eye disease and blindness, and even death. This can happen in people as young as 18 years of age!
There are millions of stories, and millions of faces and names. I could go on forever, but I won't. It's just a little food for thought for you all.
Thanks so much for helping to support this great cause; I truly believe we may see a cure for this disease in our lifetime, if not, some major advances in treatment options.
Kindest regards,
Aiden Ian Marsh ¶ 10/06/2006 08:34:00 AM 0 comments
Just thought I'd send a friendly reminder that I'm still accepting donations for the October 28th walk for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. If you want to sponsor me in my Walk, you may send a check, and make it out to JDRF. Any amount would be welcome. You can also visit my personal Walk Web page if you would like to donate online or see how close I am to reaching my personal goal: JDRF.org Particularly interesting is the research that is currently being done on the artificial pancreas and islet cell transplantation.
As some of you may know, Type 1 diabetes is an auto-immune disease, which for the most part has many theories but not a single defined cause. Auto-immune basically means that there is abnormal response in the body causing certain unfavorable reactions to take place against itself. In the case of Type 1 diabetes, the body destroys the cells in the pancreas which produce insulin, a hormone that regulates blood sugar levels. This ultimately renders the pancreas useless in helping to regulate a person's blood sugar, and the short- and long-term effects of Type 1 diabetes (as a result of poor blood sugar control) are devastating. They include kidney failure resulting in the need for dialysis, nerve damange leading to amputations, eye disease and blindness, and even death. This can happen in people as young as 18 years of age!
There are millions of stories, and millions of faces and names. I could go on forever, but I won't. It's just a little food for thought for you all.
Thanks so much for helping to support this great cause; I truly believe we may see a cure for this disease in our lifetime, if not, some major advances in treatment options.
Kindest regards,
Aiden Ian Marsh ¶ 10/06/2006 08:34:00 AM 0 comments
Friday, Oct 6th - Movie Releases
The Departed (R); Wide release
In South Boston the state police force is waging war on organized crime. Young undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate that is run by gangland chief Costello. While Billy is quickly gaining Costello's confidence, Colin Sullivan, a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the police department as an informer for the syndicate, is rising to a position of power in the Special Investigation Unit. Each man becomes deeply consumed by his double life, gathering information about the plans and counter-plans of the operations he has penetrated. But when it becomes clear to both the gangsters and the police that there's a mole in their midst, Billy and Colin are suddenly in danger of being caught and exposed to the enemy--and each must race to uncover the identity of the other man in time to save himself.
Employee of the Month (PG-13); Wide release
For customers of Super Club, the largest high-volume, bulk-discount retailer in the country, membership has its privileges. For workers at the cavernous store, the most coveted honor is the Employee of the Month award, and having one's photo immortalized on the wall of fame in the staff lounge. Enter Zack Bradley and Vince Downey, two ultra competitive Super Club workers whose ten years of employment have resulted in drastically different career paths. While Vince--with the aid of his trusty sidekick Jorge--has advanced to become head cashier and winner of 17 consecutive E of M awards, Zack is the ultimate slacker whose scruffy appearance and laid back attitude has made him popular with his colleagues, but kept him stuck in the lowly ranks of the store's box boys. The duo's longtime rivalry comes to a bitter head when Amy--a beautiful new cashier with a reputation of only dating Employee of the Month winners--transfers to the store, immediately becoming the object of both Zack and Vince's affection and often comical gamesmanship. While Vince instantly impresses Amy with his crowd pleasing, flamboyant style behind his checkstand register, Zack's feeble attempts to charm his beautiful new co-worker quickly backfire against him. With the race to win Amy's affections slipping away, Zack determines his only chance rests in winning the store's next Employee of the Month award.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (R); Wide release
It's 1969. The conflict in Viet Nam has exploded to immeasurable proportions, and 18-year-old Dean Hill's number is up. Dean's brother Eric, who has already seen his share of combat, plans to take Dean to enlist in his beloved Marine Corps in hopes of keeping an eye on him rather than letting him take his chances at the local induction center. But Dean plans to confront Eric about dodging the draft after the boys and their respective girlfriends, Bailey and Chrissie, head across Texas for a final fling of serious fun. Soon after their journey begins, the foursome are spooked by a menacing pair of bikers, Holden and his girlfriend, Alex. When Alex chases the group's jeep, propelling them into a serious accident, Chrissie is thrown from the vehicle. As Alex attempts to rob the injured trio, Sherriff Hoyt arrives and turns the tables on their would-be assassin. While Chrissie hides in the nearby brush, she watches as the sheriff kills Alex and then taunts her friends before ordering them into the back of the patrol car. Unbeknownst to Chrissie, Hoyt is headed to the Hewitt family home where Thomas, who is being groomed to become the terrifying monster known as Leatherface, and the rest of the Hewitt clan await. Chrissie attempts to convince Holden to help her, but he is on a one man rampage to avenge his girlfriend's death. As Chrissie witnesses the horrors inflicted by the Hewitt family upon the people she loves, she realizes she is their only hope of survival.
49 Up (NR); Limited Release
"49 Up" is the seventh film in a series of landmark documentaries that began 42 years ago when UK-based Granada's "World in Action" team, inspired by the Jesuit maxim "Give me the child until he is seven and I will give you the man," interviewed a diverse group of seven-year-old children from all over England, asking them about their lives and their dreams for the future. Michael Apted, a researcher for the original film, has returned to interview the "children" every seven years since, at ages 14, 21, 28, 35, 42 and, now again, at age 49. In this latest chapter, more life-changing decisions are revealed, more shocking announcements made and more of the original group take part than ever before, speaking out on a variety of subjects including love, marriage, career, class and prejudice.
Domestic Import (PG-13); Limited Release
"Domestic Import" is a contemporary comedy about the absurd lengths people will go to keep "good help." Well-intentioned Marsha and David hire a foreign housekeeper, Sophia, to care for their new baby and put some "sanity" back in their lives. What follows is a situation that spirals out of control. In a frenzy to find an American husband before her visa expires, Sophia manipulates poor Marsha and David into caring for her 10-year-old daughter while she goes on a dating marathon. Pretty soon, who is employing whom, becomes the comic question. Throw into the mix, Marsha's hypochondriac father, Sophia's eccentric Mama and cousin Sasha from the Moscow circus, and you have a hilarious farce in the tradition of our most beloved comedies.
The Queen (PG-13); Limited Release
A revealing, witty portrait of the British royal family in crisis immediately following the death of Princess Diana. The setting for this fictional account of real events is no less than the private chambers of the Royal Family and the British government in the wake of the sudden death of Princess Diana in August of 1997. In the immediate aftermath of the Princess's passing, the tightly contained, tradition-bound world of the Queen of England clashes with the slick modernity of the country's brand new, image-conscious Prime Minister, Tony Blair. The result is an intimate, yet thematically epic, battle between private and public, responsibility and emotion, custom and action - as a grieving nation waits to see what its leaders will do.
Renaissance (R); Limited Release
In 2054, Paris is a labyrinth where all movement is monitored and recorded. Cut off from the world for its own protection, the city has nonetheless continued to expand. Now, 21st century skyscrapers overlay centuries-old architectural masterpieces. And below street level, a sophisticated network of streamlined plazas push up against the city's ancient, deteriorating tunnel systems. Casting a shadow over everything is the city's largest company, Avalon, which insinuates itself into every aspect of contemporary life to sell its primary export--eternal youth and beauty. When 22-year-old Ilona (Romola Garai), one of Avalon's most promising scientists, is abruptly kidnapped, Avalon calls on Barthélémy Karas, a Paris cop with a hard-fought reputation for finding anyone, no matterwhat sacrifices he has to make along the way. As the trail gets hot, Karas senses he's not the only one looking for the beautiful enigma, and every witness he digs up seems to turn up dead. To find Ilona and unlock the secrets of her disappearance, Karas must plunge deep into the parallel worlds of corporate espionage, organized crime and genetic research where the truth imprisons whoever finds it first and miracles can either save the world, or end it.
Coming Attractions
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The Grudge 2 (PG-13); Wide release; opens 10/13
Man of the Year (PG-13); Wide release; opens 10/13
The Marine (PG-13); Wide release; opens 10/13 ¶ 10/06/2006 04:13:00 AM 0 comments
In South Boston the state police force is waging war on organized crime. Young undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate that is run by gangland chief Costello. While Billy is quickly gaining Costello's confidence, Colin Sullivan, a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the police department as an informer for the syndicate, is rising to a position of power in the Special Investigation Unit. Each man becomes deeply consumed by his double life, gathering information about the plans and counter-plans of the operations he has penetrated. But when it becomes clear to both the gangsters and the police that there's a mole in their midst, Billy and Colin are suddenly in danger of being caught and exposed to the enemy--and each must race to uncover the identity of the other man in time to save himself.
Employee of the Month (PG-13); Wide release
For customers of Super Club, the largest high-volume, bulk-discount retailer in the country, membership has its privileges. For workers at the cavernous store, the most coveted honor is the Employee of the Month award, and having one's photo immortalized on the wall of fame in the staff lounge. Enter Zack Bradley and Vince Downey, two ultra competitive Super Club workers whose ten years of employment have resulted in drastically different career paths. While Vince--with the aid of his trusty sidekick Jorge--has advanced to become head cashier and winner of 17 consecutive E of M awards, Zack is the ultimate slacker whose scruffy appearance and laid back attitude has made him popular with his colleagues, but kept him stuck in the lowly ranks of the store's box boys. The duo's longtime rivalry comes to a bitter head when Amy--a beautiful new cashier with a reputation of only dating Employee of the Month winners--transfers to the store, immediately becoming the object of both Zack and Vince's affection and often comical gamesmanship. While Vince instantly impresses Amy with his crowd pleasing, flamboyant style behind his checkstand register, Zack's feeble attempts to charm his beautiful new co-worker quickly backfire against him. With the race to win Amy's affections slipping away, Zack determines his only chance rests in winning the store's next Employee of the Month award.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (R); Wide release
It's 1969. The conflict in Viet Nam has exploded to immeasurable proportions, and 18-year-old Dean Hill's number is up. Dean's brother Eric, who has already seen his share of combat, plans to take Dean to enlist in his beloved Marine Corps in hopes of keeping an eye on him rather than letting him take his chances at the local induction center. But Dean plans to confront Eric about dodging the draft after the boys and their respective girlfriends, Bailey and Chrissie, head across Texas for a final fling of serious fun. Soon after their journey begins, the foursome are spooked by a menacing pair of bikers, Holden and his girlfriend, Alex. When Alex chases the group's jeep, propelling them into a serious accident, Chrissie is thrown from the vehicle. As Alex attempts to rob the injured trio, Sherriff Hoyt arrives and turns the tables on their would-be assassin. While Chrissie hides in the nearby brush, she watches as the sheriff kills Alex and then taunts her friends before ordering them into the back of the patrol car. Unbeknownst to Chrissie, Hoyt is headed to the Hewitt family home where Thomas, who is being groomed to become the terrifying monster known as Leatherface, and the rest of the Hewitt clan await. Chrissie attempts to convince Holden to help her, but he is on a one man rampage to avenge his girlfriend's death. As Chrissie witnesses the horrors inflicted by the Hewitt family upon the people she loves, she realizes she is their only hope of survival.
49 Up (NR); Limited Release
"49 Up" is the seventh film in a series of landmark documentaries that began 42 years ago when UK-based Granada's "World in Action" team, inspired by the Jesuit maxim "Give me the child until he is seven and I will give you the man," interviewed a diverse group of seven-year-old children from all over England, asking them about their lives and their dreams for the future. Michael Apted, a researcher for the original film, has returned to interview the "children" every seven years since, at ages 14, 21, 28, 35, 42 and, now again, at age 49. In this latest chapter, more life-changing decisions are revealed, more shocking announcements made and more of the original group take part than ever before, speaking out on a variety of subjects including love, marriage, career, class and prejudice.
Domestic Import (PG-13); Limited Release
"Domestic Import" is a contemporary comedy about the absurd lengths people will go to keep "good help." Well-intentioned Marsha and David hire a foreign housekeeper, Sophia, to care for their new baby and put some "sanity" back in their lives. What follows is a situation that spirals out of control. In a frenzy to find an American husband before her visa expires, Sophia manipulates poor Marsha and David into caring for her 10-year-old daughter while she goes on a dating marathon. Pretty soon, who is employing whom, becomes the comic question. Throw into the mix, Marsha's hypochondriac father, Sophia's eccentric Mama and cousin Sasha from the Moscow circus, and you have a hilarious farce in the tradition of our most beloved comedies.
The Queen (PG-13); Limited Release
A revealing, witty portrait of the British royal family in crisis immediately following the death of Princess Diana. The setting for this fictional account of real events is no less than the private chambers of the Royal Family and the British government in the wake of the sudden death of Princess Diana in August of 1997. In the immediate aftermath of the Princess's passing, the tightly contained, tradition-bound world of the Queen of England clashes with the slick modernity of the country's brand new, image-conscious Prime Minister, Tony Blair. The result is an intimate, yet thematically epic, battle between private and public, responsibility and emotion, custom and action - as a grieving nation waits to see what its leaders will do.
Renaissance (R); Limited Release
In 2054, Paris is a labyrinth where all movement is monitored and recorded. Cut off from the world for its own protection, the city has nonetheless continued to expand. Now, 21st century skyscrapers overlay centuries-old architectural masterpieces. And below street level, a sophisticated network of streamlined plazas push up against the city's ancient, deteriorating tunnel systems. Casting a shadow over everything is the city's largest company, Avalon, which insinuates itself into every aspect of contemporary life to sell its primary export--eternal youth and beauty. When 22-year-old Ilona (Romola Garai), one of Avalon's most promising scientists, is abruptly kidnapped, Avalon calls on Barthélémy Karas, a Paris cop with a hard-fought reputation for finding anyone, no matterwhat sacrifices he has to make along the way. As the trail gets hot, Karas senses he's not the only one looking for the beautiful enigma, and every witness he digs up seems to turn up dead. To find Ilona and unlock the secrets of her disappearance, Karas must plunge deep into the parallel worlds of corporate espionage, organized crime and genetic research where the truth imprisons whoever finds it first and miracles can either save the world, or end it.
Coming Attractions
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The Grudge 2 (PG-13); Wide release; opens 10/13
Man of the Year (PG-13); Wide release; opens 10/13
The Marine (PG-13); Wide release; opens 10/13 ¶ 10/06/2006 04:13:00 AM 0 comments
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